ghostflowerdreams:

Middle Ages (or Medieval period), lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. [1] [2]

Names

• Medieval Names Archive
• Behind the Name: Medieval Names
• Medieval Names
• Medieval Naming Guides: English

Society & Life

• Timeline – Middle Ages: 500 AD – 1500 AD
• Middle Ages – History
• Medieval Children – Daily Life for Children in the Middle Ages
• BBC – What Medieval Europe Did With Its Teenagers
• Childhood in Medieval England
• Daily Life in England in the Middle Ages
• Feudal System
• Medieval Life
• Medieval Education
• Life in a Medieval Castle
• Middle Ages Castle
• Medieval Occupations – Jobs
• Rooms in Medieval Castle
• Officers & Servants in a Medieval Castle
• The Middle Ages – Town Life
• The Middle Ages – Feudal Life
• Village Life in the Middle Ages
• The Middle Ages – Homes
• The Middle Ages – More About Homes
• Medieval Life – Housing
• Medieval – Homes for the Rich
• Medieval Manor Houses
• The Middle Ages – Religion
• Middle Ages Religion
• Medieval Chivalry
• Middle Ages Women
• Noble Women in Middle Ages
• Education and Literacy
• Employment – A Woman’s Work
• Marriage, Romance, and Women in Medieval Times
• Life in a Medieval Village – Marriage
• Middle Ages – Marriage, Pleasure and Consummation
• Divorce and Medieval’s Women’s Rights
• Middle Ages People
• Medieval History – Knight’s Life
• The History of Knights
• Becoming a Knight
• Knights Templar
• Uses of Herbs in Medieval Life
• Life in a Medieval Monastery
• Medieval Monastery
• Daily Life of a Monk in the Middle Ages
• Medieval Monks
• Medieval Monastery Map
• Medieval Technology
• Trade and Travel in the Middle Ages
• Medieval Deaths, Funeral Rites & Rituals

Commerce

• Currency and Banking in the late Middle Ages
• Money in the Middle Ages
• Medieval Price List
• Medieval England – List of Prices of Items

Entertainment & Food

• Medieval Art
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Medieval Art
• Art History Resources – Medieval Art
• The Middle Ages – Music
• Ballads: Exploring the Middle Ages
• The Middle Ages – Arts & Entertainment
• The Middle Ages – Medieval Music
• Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
• Entertainment in the Middle Ages
• Medieval Entertainment
• Medieval Sports
• Medieval Games & Pastimes
• Recreation & Leisure
• Toys in the Middle Ages
• The Joust
• Tournaments
• A Medieval Tournament
• Medieval Literature
• More Medieval Literature
• Middle Ages: Books and Literature
• Medieval Stories
• Medieval Weddings
• Meals & Etiquette
• Medieval Food & Cooking
• Middle Ages Food
• Middle Ages Food Recipes
• Compilation of Medieval Recipes
• A Little Culinary History – Medieval Cookery & Food 
• Medieval Food
• Medieval Drinks

Hygiene, Health & Medicine

• The Middle Ages – Health
• Medieval Health
• Middle Ages Doctors
• Medicine in the Middle Ages
• Medicine History in the Middle Ages
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Medicine in the Middle Ages
• Famines of the Middle Ages
• Medieval Diseases
• Health and Medicine in Medieval England
• The Black Death, 1348
• The Black Death – Bubonic Plague
• The Medieval Miracles of Healing
• Medieval Healthcare
• Medieval Feminine Hygiene
• Medieval Bathing
• Medieval Oral Care
• Medieval Skincare
• Medieval Births and Birthing
• Sex, Contraception, and Sexuality
• Birth Control and Abortion in the Middle Ages

Fashion

• The Middle Ages – Clothing
• Medieval Clothing
• Medieval Pleasant Clothing
• Middle Ages Ladies Dresses
• Medieval Lord Clothing
• Medieval Women’s Clothing
• Footwear of the Middle Ages
• Glossary of Middle Ages Footwear
• Middle Ages Hairstyles
• Middle Ages/Renaissance Hairstyles
• Medieval Hairstyles
• Medieval Cosmetics
• Scents of the Middle Ages
• Medieval Jewelry

Dialogue

• Medieval Glossary
• Middle Ages Glossary
• Medieval Origins (Words & Phrases)
• Writing Medieval Dialogue
• The Medieval Speech

Justice & Crime

• Middle Ages – Major Wars and Conflicts
• Law and Order of the Middle Ages
• Medieval Warfare
• Medieval Military Organization
• Medieval Torture
• Middle Ages Torture
• Medieval Warfare & Arms
• Middle Ages Weapons
• Women at War
• Medieval Life – Crime and Punishment
• Breakin’ the Law
• Feudal Justice
• Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages
• 10 Brutal Judicial Punishments from the Middle Ages
• Law in the Middle Ages
• Middle Ages Justice & Law

markwateneymemorialcrater:

lady-writes:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

derive your fantasy settings from somewhere other than medieval europe you cowards

apart from anything else it gives you the chance to read some world history from parts of the world that aren’t europe and that shit is non-stop fun 

some to start you off:

the an lushan rebellion (and literally all chinese imperial court drama makes european political machination look totally pathetic)

the trưng sisters

the battle of tondibi (and literally the entire fall of the songhai empire to the morrocan invaders)

the hajj of mansa musa (the richest man of all history)

kublai khan’s repeated and failed attempts to invade japan

the maurya empire

this isn’t even stretching to like, russia, southern africa, the pacific, or anywhere in the americas yet?

c’mon man don’t you wanna base a fantasy story on patachuti?

#this isn’t even an argument for social justice#i am just fucking BORED

Avatar the last Airbender did this excellently.